Latino community

Small businesses in downtown Riverhead that serve the Latino community report steep drops in foot traffic and revenue as immigrant residents increasingly avoid public spaces in a time of high anxiety locally and across the country. 

Peconic Bay Medical Center, in collaboration with Riverhead Town's Hispanic Development, Empowerment, and Education Committee, recently held a free colorectal screening event at the Nueva Jerusalén Christian Church. 

The Hispanic Development, Empowerment and Education Committee aims to be a bridge between town government and the Hispanic community. Leer en español

Spanish-speaking community members are calling on the Riverhead Board of Education to provide translation services at school board meetings and other meetings.

Aquebogue attorney Ron Hariri has come under fire for comments he's made referencing the town supervisor's ethnicity and for signs posted outside a building he recently renovated for a satellite office, declaring “Adios, Aguiar.”

A proposal to amend the rental housing permit code drew a crowd to a town board public hearing Tuesday night, where more than two dozen speakers objected to the revisions, which they said would discriminate against immigrants, low-income workers, the disabled, and other people who depend on shared housing.

Latino immigrants and U.S.-born citizens of Latino heritage live in a state of anxiety today. Column by Maria Piedrabuena

The North Fork Latino community is reeling following a series of arrests by ICE agents during the last two weeks, prompting an outcry from local residents over what immigrant advocates and residents call a “very fearful time.”

Estafadores se han centrado en la población latina de la zona en un nuevo tipo de estafa telefónica donde varios individuos se presentan como abogados o títulos similares y exigen que se les hagan pagos a través de códigos de tarjeta de regalo y transferencias electrónicas.

The Flanders, Northampton and Riverside Community Association elected its first-ever Latina to its board of directors this week, an expression of an outreach effort to diversify the organization in keeping with the demographics of the community it serves.